Great Company, but with typical pharma challenges - Director, Analytics Novartis Employee Review

4.0
Mar 2, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay and benefits. Great opportunities for growth and learning. Very talented and hard working employees. Supportive environment. Good work/life balance (considering the industry).

Cons

Typical pharma challenges with constant reorganizations and uncertainty about your employment. High risk/high reward with massive changes in focus on brands based on commercial lifecycle, clinical study outcomes, and competitive pressures. Not for the feint of heart.

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5.0
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Pros

Great work environment and amazing benefits

Cons

Stressful workload and difficult schedule

4.0
Jul 21, 2026
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Pros

Excellent benefits, competitive salary, and great (manager-dependent) work-life balance. Generous amount of vacation time (and a month long sabbatical after 6 years)!

Cons

Experience is very manager dependent and there tends to be discrepancies between groups for treatment, raises/promotions, etc. Higher management is very disconnected to what the day-to-day tasks of scientists looks like, leading to unrealistic expectations. In a scientific role, promotions come quickly in the first few years but then there is a plateau and steep requirements thereafter.

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